All T.H. White Quotes
- Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you just can't do that Establish
- Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves? Belief
- It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn… Appreciated
- You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, "of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted. Boy
- I think I ought to have some eddication,"said the Wart, "I can't think of anything to do. Eddication
- Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return. All
- If there is one thing I can't stand, it is stupidity. I always say that stupidity is the Sin against the Holy Ghost. Always Say
- Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds Already Without
- a king can only work with his best tools. Best
- Might does not make right! Right makes right! Doe
- The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards. Bravest
- We cannot build the future by avenging the past. Avenging
- I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearable…has… All
- The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child… Allowed
- Only fools want to be great. Fool
- If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition? Altered
- I am an anarchist, like any other sensible person. ~ Merlyn Anarchist
- Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go. Come Easy
- War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular. All
- Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it. Die
- In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight. Elders
- There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught… Aged
- But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which we were intimately… All
- A chaos of mind and body - a time for weeping at sunsets and at the glamour of moonlight - a confusion and profusion of… Ability
- There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness,… Allowed